In 1763, France ceded Canada to England in the Treaty of Paris, which ended the French and Indian War.
In 1840, Britain's Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
In 1949, the play "Death of a Salesman," Arthur Miller's tragedy about Willy Loman, an aging salesman haunted by failure and false dreams, opened at Broadway's Morosco Theater with Lee J. Cobb in the role of Loman and Mildred Dunnock as his wife, Linda.
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"I don't say he's a great man. Willy Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall into his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must be finally paid to such a person."
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From Act One of "Death of a Samesman," by Arthur Miller.
